| 单词 | to buck the tiger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto buck the tiger 1. intransitive. To play at a game of chance or hazard. Usually with against or at. Also figurative. Hence to buck the tiger (see tiger n. 9a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > play games of chance [verb (intransitive)] play1340 game1529 nick1611 to cast a chancea1628 to go even or odd1658 gamble1757 gaff1819 buck1849 spiel1859 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [verb (intransitive)] > play against bank punt1712 buck1849 to buck or fight the tiger1851 1849 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 18 May 1/6 I left them ‘bucking’ away, desiring only once more to ‘get even’. 1869 B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp (1871) 95 Why don't you say you want to buck agin' Faro? 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 327 The fact that players at Three-Card Monte..are said to buck at monte, causes the familiar phrase of bucking at anything. 1876 B. Harte Gabriel Conroy iv. iv I don't like your looks Jack, at all, I'd buck against any bank you ran, all night. 1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 164 Now and again he threw the dice;..he was inviting his friend to ‘buck’. But, to use a local vulgarism, Woddell didn't buck worth a cent. 1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 109 The man who bucks against that kind of game is a fool. < as lemmas |
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